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1961 arrest photo of CORE founder James Farmer as Freedom Rider

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1961 arrest photo of CORE founder James Farmer as Freedom Rider

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1961 arrest photo of CORE founder James Farmer as Freedom Rider

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Freedom Riders

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This is the 1961 arrest photo for CORE founder James Farmer, PhD, as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, he was the National Director for CORE and 41 years old.
CORE was the original sponsor of the Freedom RIdes, an evolution of its earlier project, the Journey in Reconciliation, in 1947.